Knockaround Guys
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30 out of 100

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5.9 out of 10

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  • Starring: Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel
  • Summary: The four sons of well-known Brooklyn-based mobsters must team up to retrieve a bag of cash in a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 26
  3. Negative: 15 out of 26
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    The movie crosses two formulas -- Fish Out of Water and Coming of Age -- fairly effectively. Because it isn't wall-to-wall action but actually bothers to develop its characters and take an interest in them, it was not at first considered commercial by its distributor, New Line, and languished on the shelf for two years.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Gary Dowell
    50
    Not as bad a movie as it sounds, just mediocre.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    38
    Any one episode of "The Sopranos" would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    38
    There's nothing original about the father-son conflict that forms the core of the film, nor is there enough suspense and drama.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
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  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. Tss5078
    3
    Why would anyone watch a movie that features Seth Green as a gangster or any movie with Vin Diesel for that matter? Personally, I had very little interest in this film, but I wanted to see it because of John Malkovich. He is so funny and no one plays the bad guy, better than he does. As always, Malkovich was brilliant, in an otherwise awful movie. Knockaround Guys is the story of four gangster's kids, who are tired of being nobodies, and decide it's time to make a score of their own. A score that they manage to royally screw up. It's a good premise for a movie and it was written pretty well. They did a great job casting veteran actors like Malkovich and Dennis Hopper to play the crime bosses, but they really blew it when it came to casting their kids. Seth Green isn't believable at all, seriously, I think the little kid in the beginning of the movie could kick his ass. They try to cover up the fact that he doesn't fit the role by making him a drug addict, but it doesn't work out. Vin Diesel is another one, he may be terrific in crazy action films that hardly have any lines, but when the role is something of substance, and requires a personality, Diesel is the last person who should be cast. He is one of the worst actors I've ever seen, but there is a bright side. When Arnold Schwarzenegger first started acting, he was pretty terrible too, but after gaining some experience, he blossomed into a superstar, who gave us some great films. I hope the same can be said about Diesel in a few years, until then, unless you're a die hard John Malkovich fan, you can avoid seeing this giant mess of a film.… Expand

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